There is no good in Stalin, or in such a regime as Stalinistic - Sovyet, and have never been. (or others for that matter) nothing can justify such a terrible soceity, regardless of some common people having things marginally better than in the years following, and to even Discuss the industrializationary ""benefits"" of the Stalin programe is just Disgusting.

By the way, notice the mandatory humorous anecdote above, while still feeling so strongly for this partculary subject...